@emrepasvan So awesome!! Congrats on the long awaited amazing car Emre! You will surely enjoy it to the fullest! Good memories as @TraderLows mentioned with all of us back in the day! What amateurs we all were. Miss ya guys! Hope all is well!! Was fun watching you Brett on Mr Beast!!
Getting asked by a few followers today. Posted on Subscribers early this morning.
Yesterday, we sold the remainder of our $TSLA position at $358/share. This is the first time since 2021 we have not owned TSLA. As in late-November, which is the last time we reduced our TSLA position after TSLA’s post election run-up, we believe TSLA’s valuation has become disconnected from underlying fundamentals.
Our main concern is that TSLA now sells at a 2025 P/E of 188x as earnings estimates continue to fall (-5% in the past week, -40% YTD) driven by weak YTD deliveries including weak April results. We expect 2Q and FY’25 TSLA deliveries to decline by -12% YoY and -10% YoY respectively, vs WS ests of -7% YoY and -5% YoY. We believe the risk/reward associated with the Austin robotaxi test remain asymmetrical to the downside. Finally, we are concerned that the new more affordable vehicle due out in July will be a stripped down Model Y priced lower and funded by lower costs rather than a new form factor that expands TAM. This increases odds that FY’25 estimates decline further, risking a repeat of 2023-2024, when TSLA reduced EV prices supported by lower costs, and TSLA saw little or no incremental volume growth.
Our $TSLA 6-12 month PT remains $310, based on our forecast of 2030 TSLA volumes of 5.4M and 2030 Adj EPS of $12.00. We apply a 2x PEG to our expected TSLA 2030-2040 EPS growth of 25%, which equates to a 2030 valuation of $600. Discounting back to the present at a 14.2% cost of equity (4% risk-free, 6% equity risk premium, 1.7x beta), we calculate a $310 present value, which remains our 6-12 mo. price target.